History

Humans have been taken from their native lands and taken to be exhibited in human zoos for more than a century. Alongside animals, they were displayed before fellow humans. This little known and profoundly troubling aspect of colonial history played a crucial part. Between 1810 and 1940, in Europe, America and Japan, almost 35 thousand people were exhibited in world …

These Malaysians are one of the few groups with blonde hair outside Europe, who can be found on an island in the south pacific that have been there for over thousands of years, long before the blacks that went to the Americas as slaves. Melanesia is a sub-region of Oceania extending to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji, from …

King Ibrahim Njoya was the ruler of Bamum, the great ethnic group in what is now western Cameroon, in 17th Century from the years of 1860 to 1933. The history of the Bamum people was preserved before his reign at the end of the 19th century, mainly through oral transmission from one generation to the other. Because of concerns about …

The Beja people of north east Sudan and southern Egypt are living descendants of Ancient Egyptians. If you ever wondered from all the controversy what the Ancient Egyptians look like, take a good look. They are a true representation of ancient egyptians. Note most of the people of modern Egypt are descended from Arabs who invaded in the 7th centuary …

The Benin Kingdom, dating back to the 11th century, was one of the oldest and most advanced states in western Africa. Benin’s walls with their surroundings have been described as ‘the biggest earthworks in the world before the mechanical age,’ a man-made wondrous feature. In 1897, during the Punitive Expedition, the Walls of Benin, one of Africa’s ancient architectural wonders, …

Many of us may not believe this tribe is actually from India because they look Africans. Yes, because you were not told. The Jarawas are the indigenous tribe of India. They live on South Andaman and Middle Andaman Islands and they are estimated to be between 250 and 400 people today. Their contact with externals was generally disregarded, and much …

Ranavalona III was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883 to February 28, 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the government of France. As a young woman, she was selected from among several Andriana qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death. Like …

King Amenemhat III is considered one of the most important pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom and the 12th Dynasty. He was a resolute director, a wise politician, and a great builder. His reign was depicted as the golden period of the Middle Kingdom and the era of peace, stability and reconstruction after the wars fought by his father, King Senusert …

“The darkest man is here the most highly esteemed and considered better than the others who are not so dark. Let me add that in very truth these people portray and depict their gods and their idols black and their devils white as snow. For they say that God and all the saints are black and the devils are all …

The 25th dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Nubian dynasty or kushite kingdom, was the last dynasty of Egypt’s Third Middle Era after the Nubian incursion (the XXV Dynasty or the 25th Dynasty). The 25th dynasty was a line of pharaohs from Kush Kingdom, located in northern Sudan and Upper Egypt today. Most of the kings of this dynasty …